Sometimes, we find ourselves trapped in an obligatory break up, all of a sudden. With little time on our hand, we are needed to act swiftly to break up and break clean. Scenarios ranging from
he-cheated-on-me saga to
he-won't-commit fill pages of newspapers daily and fill our heads with complete misery. Learning to break up at
right moment can save your face and social grace. On breaking up, I am
ultimate authority, having dumped more than 90 men in 25 years of dating without getting dumped once (serious). Yes, I can claim safely that I am
Ivana of breaking up and breaking even. The first rule of thumb of breaking up is to select
appropriate moment (do not procrastinate or you will look pathetic). The second is to devise
manner of breakup around
reason for breakup - ( you do not slash your wrists a la Diana as a way out when you find you were cheated upon).And
last, not least rule , is to break even by breaking up. How? Say that what you have given that bloke is a love to talk about till
day he dies; take it back:
love letters,
poems and
precious gifts. Suppose he ran away with a younger woman; date a younger man IMMEDIATELY, without giving him a hint it is about revenge. He went back to his Ex? Go back to your Ex, any Ex, innocently. Breaking even is not exactly revenge; it is setting
records straight and rescuing your self-esteem .No matter what you choose to do, it should never look like breaking even!
Every relationship warrants its own break up story. But here there are ways to break his heart while you mend yours:
· You suddenly despise him when he said you were
woman who loved him best in 40 years.
· You immediately act healthy and in control as if he never mattered. He should not really.
· You ‘command' he gives you everything you gave him (letters, love notes, pics and precious gifts); and since you cannot take back love making, pretend it never really touched you. You cannot take back your love? You can un-love.
· You are super nice to his friends and refrain from talking about him saying : ‘he is not worth
mention', or: ‘a fiasco he was; but I don't think I was true either', better still: ‘c'mon , a crush is a crush is a crush!'
· Never Ever fight over him with another woman - EVER! Just give him up to her. This is
surest way she will dump him.
· Never ever let him see your tears over him. Never even cry in private!
· Treat yourself
best way you can, from having a total make over to having fun.
· Celebrate
break-up by inviting mutual friends and strangers to a "Nest-Clearing" party; he was not living with you? Then, "Chest-cleaning" !
· He cheated on you? Pretend you are cheating on him without knowing what he was up to - a winner tactic!
· He will not marry you? Get engaged in one month (fake it until you make it) to someone brand new.
· He badmouthed you with his friends? Date one of them (without having sex), pretending not to have heard of
tresspass.
· He went out with your friend? Call her and confide your sexual fantasies about his best friend all
time he is sleeping with you. Ask for her advice without sounding suspicious of her. A few days later, leave him a note saying: " I have to leave you without hurting you".